Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-18
PERSON 4LETxES.


covered his health, and now takes
long walks, accompanied by his de-
voted wife.
A NEW and complete edition OF
Thackeray's works, printed from new
type, is announced by the Worthlng-
ton Company.
HENRY M. STANLEY, the explorer,
| takes snuff when travelling in very hot
regions. He says that it helps to pre-
serve his eyesight.
ROSWELL P. FLOWER has made
about 81, 100000 during the past
year in coal and iron lands. He has
gone to Europe to rest.
Gov. AMEs. of Massachusetts,, lives
in magnificent style. 1t costs him
fully $4,000 q year to keep up his
Boston establishment.
THEODORE TILToN's daughter, who
has been with him in Paris studying
painting, has come to Chicago to live
with her married sister.
SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG; new gun
to resist torpedo attacks is thirty
FOUNDER, and develops q muzzle We
locity of 1000 feet per second.
LIEUT.. JEPHsoN, author of the pop.
ular novel, "The Girl [ Left Behind
Me-" is among the Englishmen in FL.
M. Stanley's exploring expedition.
WORD comes of the death of Nine.
Lacordaire, widow of the professor
OF zoology at Liege and sister.in-law
of the famous Dominican preacher.
Mr.. MAcKAY frequently sends his
n
cans of terrapin, with which she de-
lights her guests in Paris and London.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH, of Aus
tria, is reported to take the part OF
his daughter-in-law in her quarrels
with her husband, Crown Prince Ru-
dolf.
UNITED Ireland speaks OF Mr..
Biggar. now chief INSTRUCTOR in Par
lament, as the coming first speaker
of the restored Irish House OF Com
mons.
PATTI has q duplicate paste OF every
diamond she owns, and on the stage
half the diamonds she wears are
paste. This is done to guard against
robbery.
CHAUNCEY DEPEw says that 500
| years hence of the Americans known
in history of the country thus far, not
over half dozen would live In the
thought of men.
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK says that people
in these days try to read too much,
and the result is that the major
ity OF people engaged in literary pur-
suits are overworking their brains.
Miss PERA SICKLEs, daughter of the
late George g. Sickles, is q young lady
who will get on in this world. Some
time ago she was married to William
Quinn, constable of New Rochelle,
who was very Objectionable to her
family, and she shrewdly kept the lit
tie affair g. secret until her fathers
death and the reading of his
will disclosed the fact that he had left
her $4,000.
Mr.. GLADSTONE was recently asked
if he would not consider q proposal to
visit the United States, and was told
that his arrival would create greater
interest than that of any other man in
Europe. "Ah, that" said he, sis just
what have been afraid of. A quiet
journey | might stand, but such a
welcome as American kindness has led
me to expect is what my physicians,
who rule me, would never allow. [ fear
besides, you know, that q man IS
years old, whose strength is more than
needed for his work at home, has
scarcely right to spend it in crossing
the Atlantic"
SPEAKER PEEL of the British House
of Commons, is the youngest son Of
the great Peel. He looks like g. Yam
kee preacher. He is SO years of age,
above medium height, Of ordinary,
straight, thin build. He walks with
his head thrown q little back; the
long, prim-set features, solemn, ii not
grewsome, the full beard sprinkled with
gray, the smooth-shaven upper lip
severely official, the large, weak blue
eyes self conscious, his whole air one
of DESTINATIONS significance, which, be-
fore any nights sitting is over, is
changed into WEAKNESS close upon de-
spair.
JAMES A. BRIGGS, of Brooklyn, form
erly state assessor, related that it
was at his suggestion the late David K.
Cartier became chief justice of the
Supreme Court of the District Of Co.
lumbia. Mr.. Cartier had come home
from his Bolivian Mission, not wish
ing to return to South America, but
not knowing what else to do. And
Congress had Just passed q bill organ
izing the court in question. "There
is an Office, said Mr.. Briggs to him,
"that, will just suit you. Go to the
President at once and ask him to
make you chief Justice" Mr.. Cartier
did as he was advised and Mr. Lincoln
appointed him to the place at once.
Years afterward President Grant was
about to put on the bench of that
court as an associate Justice a man
whom Judge Cartier deemed unfit.
Judge Cartier went to him and said:
''Mr. President, if you put any more
dead wood on that bench, Congress
will abolish the court. Il The appoint
ment was not made.
Migrating to Siberia